David & Red: WV Surprise

This post is a little out of order, but it took me until today to figure out how to load the videos off the camcorder. I love Canon, but their software that came with our new video camera is not user friendly. Anyway, better late than never...

On Tuesday, February 2 we headed up to Fairmont. This trip was a surprise for her birthday so only my stepdad Mike knew we were coming. I got there just as mom & Uncle Wally had left for an estimate, so I headed up to my Aunt Reta's to visit with them while I waited for Mom to get back. It was a neat surprise that my cousin Jenn & her family were there too, including her new addition Truman Wallace who was born on Jan 19. I know where the key is, so I just let Grace & I in. We walked in and John was the first to see us and he looked at me like I was from outer space and said "what are you doing here?". It was so funny to see my Aunt Reta & Jenn's faces as I walked into the living room where they were hanging out. They looked at me the same way! It was so much fun surprising everyone. :)

Just on a whim, Aunt Reta had happened to make a huge pot of stew for dinner that night so she came up with the plan of inviting mom & Mike to dinner to get them up to the apartment. She also came up with the idea of having her at the door hollering at my mom to come help and she'd be standing at the door with both Truman & Grace in her arms and I'd be hiding. I can't really explain in words how it all went down, but there is video...enjoy!

To be fair, my cousins often have their friends and their friends children over to my Aunt's house, so mom didn't even think it could be Grace. And needless to say, Mom was completely surprised to see us. She was even more excited when I told her we'd be staying for a week. Since it was late after dinner we decided to just head home for the night and come back out tomorrow for her to meet her Great Grandma. So, on Wednesday mom & I headed over to my Grandma's house so she could meet Grace. Mom went in first and said to Grandma "I know you've been asking for a better picture of Grace...will this do?" and she had her look at Grace & I who had come in behind her. She was so surprised to see us! Grace got lots of spoils from her Great Grandma who just couldn't get enough of her. :) Having her meet her Great Grandma while she was still small was really important to me and another reason why we decided to make this trip when we did.

Over the week we had Grace's 2nd & 3rd snows (lots and lots of snow...close to 2 feet in total), we got to spend lots of quality time with Jenn, John, Maggie & Truman, Aunt Reta & my Grandma while Mom, Mike & Wally worked, and most importantly Grace got lots of snuggle time with her Grandma & Grandad. :) Here are just a few pictures from our time in Fairmont.

My cousins Jenn & Liz - Jenn is holding Grace and Liz is holding Truman